Well we finally got there, we have managed to remove all of the remaining heads and cylinders. Typically the last head to remove No.3 was a tad on the tight side, but with the aid of a couple of bottle jacks it soon gave up.

Cylinders 6,7,8 and nine came off very easily due to the oil seeping down the sleeves over the last thirty five years or so.

No 9 actually came off as per the manual, remove base nuts and slide off!

The last base nut removed

The last cylinder to come off was No.3 , like the head it was a bit reluctant to come off, but with a bit of pressure from the 30 tonne jack we teased it off.

And there we have it, phase one completed.

Time to re hydrate!

The next few jobs are to remove the magnetos and carburetor,  then we will start stripping down the front of the engine.

This weekend we had a good couple of days working on the 264, we managed to                        remove No. 5 , No.11 ,No.12 and No.13 cylinder heads.

No.12 Cylinder head proved to be quite tough to remove , we pulled it off until flush with the head studs,

then made a new beam so we could push the head off from the main engine casing.

Cylinders No.s 5 and 11 came straight off with a slide hammer, these cylinders had a lot more oil present.

Here you can see the supercharge inside the rear casing, it looks in very good condition.

Also we had a look inside the magnetos , they are absolutely in perfect condition.

We then pulled off No.5 Cylinder, even though it looks bad, it came of with little effort, just used the jack once to brake the hold on the rings then used the 3/4″ UNF threaded rod to tease it off.

Cylinders 11,12 and 13 ready to be removed.

Only a few more to go!